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Sandgrouse : Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Pterocles exustus

Photo by Karan Raghwa
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

First photo is of Male and second one is Female
Yellow-buff head, neck and breast; dark chestnut belly; long pointed tail; male has a thin black line across the chest
Female is darker with upperparts heavily streaked and barred, no black line across the chest
Photo taken at Ndutu area, Tanzania

Habitat:

dry open country and dry grassland with bushes

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PublishedMay 12, 2016

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